CCPA Enforcement Will Proceed Despite Recent Court Ruling On Regulations

In early July, California Superior Court Judge James P. Arguelles held that the regulations adopted by the California Privacy Protection Agency (the CPPA) on March 29 2023, which implemented key provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (the CCPA), could not be enforced until March 2024.

For many companies, the first reaction to the decision was one of relief. The relief will be short lived. Ashkan Soltani, Executive Director of the CPPA, said after the ruling that "significant portions" of the privacy protections under the CCPA can be enforced as of July 1. And the CCPA's Deputy Director of Enforcement recently said "There's no vacation here from enforcement," emphasizing three areas of focus: privacy notices and policies; consumers' right to delete personal information; and the handling and implementation of consumer requests.